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拍品 222
A JEWELLED SILVER AND GOLD MAID OF HONOUR CYPHER
BY CARL BLANK, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1913, NUMBER 403
已結束2018年11月26日
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GBP 32,500
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The present maid of honour cypher, numbered 403, is recorded in an invoice from Carl Blank to the Cabinet of His Imperial Majesty, dated 3 August 1913, costing 620 roubles. It was later entered into the Cabinet ledgers as part of a group of Maid of Honour cyphers under the number 435. On 19 November 1913, the cypher was presented to Nina von Kruzenshtern (1893-1966), lady-in-waiting to Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.
Nina von Kruzenshtern was the daughter of Ivan von Kruzenshtern, a Russian diplomat and chamberlain. Nina’s first husband was the Russian officer Alexander Keller. She later re-married Major General Nikolay Goleevsky. Both her husbands were members of Masonic organisations in Russia and France. After the Revolution of 1917 Nina von Kruzenshtern emigrated to France.
A comparable Maid of Honour cypher by Carl Blank, presented to Margarita Khitrovo, was sold Christie's, London, 5 June 2017, lot 236.
We are grateful to Dr Valentin Skurlov for his assistance in researching the present lot.
Nina von Kruzenshtern was the daughter of Ivan von Kruzenshtern, a Russian diplomat and chamberlain. Nina’s first husband was the Russian officer Alexander Keller. She later re-married Major General Nikolay Goleevsky. Both her husbands were members of Masonic organisations in Russia and France. After the Revolution of 1917 Nina von Kruzenshtern emigrated to France.
A comparable Maid of Honour cypher by Carl Blank, presented to Margarita Khitrovo, was sold Christie's, London, 5 June 2017, lot 236.
We are grateful to Dr Valentin Skurlov for his assistance in researching the present lot.